Dekan Was Trying to Soothe a Child
Dekan quickly re-bandaged her right eye.
"Your name is Tata, right? Come with me, I have some questions for you."
Dekan's expression turned serious, his earlier playfulness gone.
The Magic Card are optional; they are usually just some insignificant words that the Card Crafter can add by hand when completing the card production.
Sometimes, Card Crafter will leave a message or share their insights on card production.
Some Card Crafter are quite arrogant and like to sign their names on their masterpieces.
The results of Dekan's analysis just now indicate that Tata in the card's notes should be the little girl's name.
If this little one really is Half-Demon, leaving her alone, given her card-making style, she'll either be killed or captured and enslaved before she grows up.
Neither good nor bad people will let go of a demon who is skilled at making Underworld cards.
Only a kind-hearted person like Dekan could feel compassion for a demon.
Of course, under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for Dekan, who has mastered the demon card-making style, to grow stronger.
After all, even now, there are people in both the underworld and the legitimate world who want to get rid of Dekan.
Dekan was able to successfully navigate his developmental period partly because he had a supportive and nurturing environment.
On the other hand, Dekan himself is undoubtedly a human being.
If Dekan's race is demonic, he will be relentlessly targeted by the entire world.
Tata not only appears to live in terrible conditions, but she also has to go to great lengths to hide her ethnicity.
One day her identity will be exposed, and she will become an enemy of humanity.
Even though she now possesses abilities surpassing those of a higher rank, she is ultimately no match for the encirclement of those of higher rank.
Today, her easy subjugation by Croix is the best example.
Tata stared intently at Dekan without saying a word.
At this moment, all that remained in her eyes was a resolute determination to die.
Because she clearly realized that the moment their eyes met, Dekan had more or less sensed her secret.
It's either you or me!
I won't hurt you.
Dekan's tone became much calmer.
"Oh."
Tata let out a barely audible, cold laugh.
She seemed convinced that Dekan was no good person.
Croix, standing to the side, covered her face.
Judging from Dekan's initial performance, Tata probably has little faith in him.
In Tata's eyes, Dekan had become much gentler at this moment, looked even more Terror.
Like a capricious psychopath!
It was as if the words "I'm plotting something" were etched onto his face.
"Sigh, let's get some sleep."
Dekan sighed helplessly and activated the [Hypnosis Gas].
The only option is to knock this girl unconscious and kidnap her.
Let's have pediatrician Mie take a look; maybe that will make Tata behave a bit better.
In the cramped little shop, the original owner—the thin, middle-aged man—quickly fainted.
However, Tata seemed to have figured out how to deal with the Hypnosis Gas.
She held her breath the whole time.
And so she, like Dekancroix, held her breath.
Even when she was about to burst, her face turning red, she stubbornly refused to take a breath.
Judging from her stubbornness, she would rather suffocate herself than lose consciousness and be at someone's mercy.
"I'm really scared of you."
Fearing she would suffocate, Dekan had no choice but to stop using the [Hypnosis Gas] and open the door to let the air circulate.
He couldn't bear to use overly strong anesthesia on a child who was only a few years old.
"Fine, let her go."
Dekan looked at Croix helplessly and said.
It seems that a direct confrontation with this little guy won't work; she'll only choose to fight to the death.
The only option left is to try communicating with them.
Since we're all demons, let's solve problems in demonic ways.
Croix nodded, releasing Tata from the light magic's binding force.
Tata looked at Dekan and Croix in disbelief, then stood up and cautiously took two or three steps back until her back was against the counter, with nowhere left to retreat.
Although her movements appeared timid, her gaze never left Dekan.
Dekan felt that she was currently desperately trying to figure out how to defeat the two people in front of her who were of much higher rank and find a way to escape from the small shop.
"Whether you want to listen or not, I'll say what I want to say first. You can listen and think carefully about how to beat the two of us at the same time."
Dekan said calmly.
Upon hearing Dekan's words, Tata seemed startled, and her expression changed slightly.
"You have the talent to make cards, but you shouldn't plagiarize other people's research results and make money by producing low-quality pirated cards."
Dekan continued speaking earnestly.
He needs to communicate with Tata.
Only through communication can we find her weaknesses.
Any creature capable of communicating through language can be manipulated in a way that disturbs its mind.
The simplest way is to keep trying to use aggressive language to lure her into revealing her weaknesses.
"... That's not a pirated copy!"
Tata finally spoke in response to Dekan's words, and her tone was full of anger.
She seemed to believe that the pirated cards Dekan mentioned included her two masterpieces, [Cursed Doll] and [Mental Shock].
She made it all by herself; it's something she's proud of!
"Oh? Then may I ask, [Captain Dekan], did you really develop this card?"
Dekan chuckled and, feigning politeness, half-covered his mouth with his hand.
"!..."
Tata bit her lip; she couldn't refute Dekan's Taunt.
Because Tata's own cards have consistently sold poorly.
Demon deck cards that lack core cards are generally considered unpopular and difficult to sell.
However, due to strange market demand, as long as you produce just these two cards, [Captain Dekan] and [Bandit Goblin], you can easily sell them for a price far exceeding that of a Tier 1 blue quality card.
In this kingdom with its huge customer traffic, [Captain Dekan] is still the best-selling item.
She really didn't want to imitate the Card Crafter named Dekan; she didn't think she was any worse Dekan.
But in order to make money, she had to imitate [Captain Dekan].
This was humiliating for her.
"Because your [Captain Dekan] card has attribute discrepancies with the genuine card, you might kill your customers, do you know that? Does such a shoddy Card Crafter even have the right to write the word 'masterpiece' on their work? It's laughable."
Tata lowered his head, seemingly understanding the point, and completely unable to refute Dekan's Taunt.
Based on their interactions so far, Dekan has roughly figured out that Tata is a strong-willed girl, but she is reasonable and doesn't argue back.
Her reason for choosing to pirate [Captain Dekan] is quite obvious; she seems to be desperately short of money.
Since that's the case, we've found her weakness.
Children of a few years old are ultimately not fully mature enough.
"We are both employees of Happy Group, we won't hurt you."
Dekan looked at Tata with a serious expression and said,
"But we are going to sue you and seek huge compensation from you."
Upon hearing this, Tata abruptly raised her head, her previously resolute gaze momentarily unfocused.